Polite Landscapes: Gardens and Society in Eighteenth-Century England
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Parks and gardens of eighteenth-century England are usually understood as the creations of individual geniuses like William kent, Capability Brown, and Humphry Repton. But this wasn't necessarily a view shared by their contemporaries. Landowners typically had strong ideas about how their property should look and how it should function. And, according to Tom Williamson, other powerful influences were at work as well. In Polite Landscapes Williamson...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801852056
ISBN13:9780801852053
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 10.1"
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